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Plant Panax ginseng (Araliaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2 8 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3 2 Flower not available 136.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3 2 Root not available 50.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C 0 Root not available 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C 0 Root Bark not available 24000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Flower 672.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Fruit 1000.0 36700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Leaf 3.5 37700.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Rhizome not available 4700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Root 500.0 25000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Shoot not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Pt not available 1900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimutagenic 18 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarodtic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 4 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th